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Title: Institute for Sustainable Communities (ISC)


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Institute for Sustainable Communities (ISC)
  • Skopje, Macedonia

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How I Found My Internship
  • Nov 2002 Spoke to someone at NYC career trip
    panel who suggested ISC might match my current
    career interests
  • Early March 2003 Sent unsolicited cover letter
    and resume to Country Director at Skopje office
  • Early April 2003 Received offer to work at ISC-
    applied for Luce internship funds
  • June 2, 2003 Off to Macedonia.

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ISC
  • Organizational mission To help communities
    around the world address environmental, economic,
    and social challenges to build a better future
    shaped and shared by all.
  • ISC opened office in Skopje in 1995 to conduct
    the USAID-funded Democracy Network Program.
    Project will close at end of 2004.
  • The Macedonian office supports civil society
    organizations working on
  • Economic Issues/ Policies/ NeedsWomen's issues/
    needs /Social Needs / PoliciesEnvironmental
    Problems / PoliciesNeeds of the CSO sector as a
    wholeIssues of Inter-ethnic Cooperation
  •               

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Internship Project
  • Evaluated 11 Community Action projects that
    developed Local Environmental Action and
    Community Action Plans.
  • Tasked to both evaluate specific projects and
    evaluate the model used for these projects.
  • Also researched scavenger cooperatives in support
    of new ISC project being developed in Skopje Roma
    community

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Project Sites
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Most Commonly Identified Environmental Problems
in Macedonia
  • Quantity and quality of drinking water
  • Solid waste (illegal landfills)
  • Lack of wastewater systems
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